OPINION
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Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Put the train station downtown
Opinion | Nobody is going to want to get off the train a mile or two from the Square and then board a bus to their heart’s desire. Take the train to Chicago and you arrive in the heart of it all. That’s the way it has to be. Read more
City of Madison
Don’t let BRT get “Madisoned”
Opinion | To be “Madisoned” is to see a good idea get ground to a pulp in the city’s culture of nitpicking and endless debate. Read more
Jul 20, 2021
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
The Stockholm syndrome governor
Opinion | Gov. Evers wanted $1.6 billion more for K-12 public education. Robin Vos gave him $128 million. Evers asked for $192 million for the UW System. Vos granted him $8 million. Read more
Jul 13, 2021
Cathy Sullivan has tapped Tony Castañeda's Latin Jazz Band and other Madison favorites to perform at her jazz series on State Street.
Jazz on State is back
Cathy Sullivan has booked Madison favorites the Gerri DiMaggio Quintet, Leo Sidran with special guest Ben Sidran and others. Read more
Jul 8, 2021
City of Madison
No bus rapid transit on State Street
Opinion | The business improvement district on State Street, representing about 500 downtown businesses, recently sent a letter to the mayor asking her to reconsider two proposed bus stations for upper State Street. Read more
Jul 7, 2021
Investigate Mike Huebsch
Opinion | Attorneys representing the American Transmission Company say that Mike Huebsch used an encryption service to communicate with an unnamed ATC employee while the PSC had an ATC power line application before them. Read more
Jul 2, 2021
Gary L. Geiger
Let’s get back downtown
Opinion | It’s absolutely vital that the iconic events that have called downtown home get back here next year. Read more
Jun 25, 2021
Canceling cancel culture
Opinion | What conservatives call cancel culture is what people not in power call accountability. Read more
Jun 23, 2021
10:00 AM
David Michael Miller
Could ATC lose?
Opinion | Gov. Evers has made two appointments to the Public Service Commission, both of whom had glaring conflicts of interest over what is the most high-profile case before the commission. Read more
Jun 20, 2021
9:00 AM
Stubbs, Roys make key picks in Dem primary for U.S. Senate seat
Opinion | The six announced Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate are working the phones trying to line up support. At this point, it’s just an insider game, but it’s one that can have an impact on the race as it starts to heat up. Read more
Jun 9, 2021
3:00 PM
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Vos hires Clouseau
Opinion | Vos is spending taxpayer money to do work already being done by a respected state agency. He won’t even reveal the names of the detectives. You would hope that one would be Clouseau. At least then we’d get some comic relief out of it. Read more
Jun 2, 2021
3:00 PM
UW System should require vaccinations
Opinion | A responsible UW System president would go ahead with the mandate and let the chips fall where they may with the GOP-controlled Legislature. Read more
May 27, 2021
11:00 AM
Hannah Jo Anderson
Celebrating a night of live theater
Opinion | If people continue to refuse to get vaccinated and fail to wear masks, the pandemic will continue and our ability to return to normal will be delayed. Read more
May 25, 2021
11:00 AM
Favorite reads
Wisconsin deserves a better flag
A flag’s power rests on its design and the Wisconsin flag is undeniably lackluster. Isthmus suggest a few possibilities in honor of Flag Day. Read more
O say, can you see?
The city of Madison adopted a new flag in 2018 but the old flag still flies at several city facilities. Read more
Wisconsin’s wolf hunt travesty
Opinion | Let's be clear: There was no biological or social imperative for a hunt. It only happened because some hunters just wanted to kill wolves. Read more
Last dance
Visions Night Club on East Wash closed its doors on Jan. 1 and isn’t expected to reopen. Staff writer Dylan Brogan reports on the strip club’s very last night. Read more
Bygone Madison menus
A year into the pandemic, our food editor finally sifts through her files to set up her home office. Some beloved old menus found in the desk detritus deserve to be shared. Read more
